Found Wingnuts Objection to ABC's Path to 9-11 - Moonie Times July

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20060704-110004-4280r.htm

Bill and Dick, Osama and Sandy
TODAY'S COLUMNIST
By Michael F. Scheuer
July 5, 2006


With one credible September 11 movie, "United 93," under our belts, it will be interesting to see whether ABC-TV will complete the September 11 Commission's whitewashing of the pre-September 11 failure of U.S. intelligence-community leaders in its forthcoming mini-series based on Richard Clarke's memoir, "Against All Enemies."

Media teasers about the mini-series have said that Mr. Clarke -- the former "terrorism czar" -- and a senior FBI officer, the late John O'Neill, will be the heroes of the saga. If true, and if ABC's fact-checkers are not diligent in verifying Mr. Clarke's stories and claims, the mini-series will be the September 11 commission's dream come true: The Bush administration will be blamed for September 11, the feckless moral cowardice of the Clinton administration will be disguised and Mr. Clarke and Mr. O'Neill -- in my view, two principal authors of September 11 -- will be beatified.

Mr. Clarke's book, on the basis of my involvement to varying degrees in the issues it covers, is a mixture of fact, fiction and cover-up. Mr. Clarke seems to get most names and dates right, and is correct in damning the early Bush administration for obliviousness to the al Qaeda threat. We must also take him at his word on his touching, if sycophantic, tales of Mr. Clinton instructing a young boy to be good to his mom and Hillary Rodham Clinton's secluded moment praying on her knees.

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So, I look forward to ABC's mini-series, as well as to seeing the quality of the network's fact-checkers. If they do their job well, some of the September 11 Commission's whitewash may start to be peeled away. If they fail, however, the reality that Bill, Dick and Sandy helped to push Americans out of the windows of the World Trade Center on that September morning will be buried in miles of fantasy-filled celluloid.

Michael F. Scheuer, a 22-year veteran with the CIA, created and served as the chief of the agency's Osama bin Laden unit at the Counterterrorist Center.

[Kagemusha]

1. Helped push Americans out of the windows of the WTC!?!

That is SICK.

[RamboLiberal]

2. I've been reading lately this guy hated Clarke

Scheur may know what he's talking about - but I wonder if he is a bit of a nut case from what I've seen of him on TV. BTW, he's CBS terrorism expert.

[Kagemusha]

3. Oh good bleeping lord, you're serious? This is Scheuer's baby?

No wonder then. No wonder.

I don't claim to be an expert on this man but, well, what I've heard is more than enough.

[warrens]

4. Anyone who uses hyperbole like that

Ain't telling the truth.

[City Lights]

5. Well that's interesting.

ABC originally intended to base their mini-series on Clarke's book, but claim they ended up using the 9-11 Commission Report.

:wtf: happened? My first guess is that the conservatives put enough pressure on ABC to change course. Even more reason to write off the Always Blame Clinton network.

Great find. Wish I had seen this before phoning in my rant to ABC.